Sweden women's national football team

Sweden women's national football team
The Sweden women's national football team, nicknamed Blågult ("The Blue and Yellow"), is the Swedish national women's football team. It represents Sweden at international women's association football competitions and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association. It is ranked No. 1 in the FIFA Women's World Ranking since 25 August 2023.
History
The Swedish team has been traditionally recognized as one of the world's best women's teams and won the 1984 European Competition for Women's Football. Like the equally successful men's counterpart, the women's team also became runners-up at a World Cup (2003) and three European Championships (1987, 1995 and 2001), as well as participating at six Olympic Games, eight World Cups and ten European Championships. Sweden also finished third at the 1991, 2011, 2019 and 2023 World Cups.
The 2003 World Cup-final was the only second time Sweden ever reached the final of a FIFA World Cup after the 1958 FIFA World Cup Final, and was the second most watched event in Sweden that year. Lotta Schelin is the top goalscorer in the history of Sweden with 85 goals. Schelin surpassed Hanna Ljungberg's 72-goal record against Germany on 29 October 2014. The player with the most caps is Caroline Seger, with 229. The team was coached by Thomas Dennerby from 2005 to 2012, and Pia Sundhage from 2012 to 2017. The current head coach is Peter Gerhardsson.
After winning the two qualifying matches against Denmark for the Beijing 2008 Olympics, the Swedish Olympic Committee approved of record increases in investments for the women's team. The new budget granted over a million SEK (about US$150,000) for the team and 150,000 SEK (about US$25,000) per player for developing physical fitness. The new grants are almost a 100% increase of the 2005 and 2006 season funds.
The developments and conditions of the Sweden women's national football team from its beginnings until 2013 can be seen in the 2013 three-part Sveriges Television documentary television series The Other Sport.
Team image
Home stadium
The Sweden women's national football team play their home matches at Gamla Ullevi.
Results and fixtures
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled. All times are local.
Legend
2022
2023
Coaching staff
Current coaching staff
Technical staff
Manager history
Statistics as of 26 July 2022.
Players
Current squad
The following 24 players were named for the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League matches against Switzerland and Italy on 27 and 31 October 2023.
Caps and goals correct as of the match on 26 September 2023 against .
Recent call-ups
The following players have been named to a Sweden squad in the last 12 months.
Notes:
INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to injury
POS Match was postponed
PRE Preliminary squad
RET Retired from the national team
WD Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue
Previous squads
FIFA Women's World Cup
1991 FIFA Women's World Cup
1995 FIFA Women's World Cup
1999 FIFA Women's World Cup
2003 FIFA Women's World Cup
2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
Olympic Games
1996 Summer Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
2012 Summer Olympics
2016 Summer Olympics
2020 Summer Olympics
UEFA Women's Championship
1984 UEFA Women's Championship
1987 UEFA Women's Championship
1989 UEFA Women's Championship
UEFA Women's Euro 1995
UEFA Women's Euro 1997
UEFA Women's Euro 2001
UEFA Women's Euro 2005
UEFA Women's Euro 2009
UEFA Women's Euro 2013
UEFA Women's Euro 2017
UEFA Women's Euro 2022
Player records
Active players in bold.
Most capped players
Top goalscorers
Competitive record
FIFA Women's World Cup
Olympic Games
UEFA Women's Championship
Algarve Cup
The Algarve Cup is a global invitational tournament for national teams in women's soccer hosted by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). Held annually in the Algarve region of Portugal since 1994, it is one of the most prestigious women's football events, alongside the Women's World Cup and Women's Olympic Football.
Head-to-head record
The following table shows Sweden's all-time international record from 1973.
Honours
Intercontinental
Olympic Games
Silver medalist: 2016, 2020
FIFA Women's World Cup
Runner-up: 2003
Third place: 1991, 2011, 2019, 2023
Continental
UEFA Women's Euro
Champion: 1984
Runner-up: 1987, 1995, 2001
Third place: 1989 (not determined after 1993)
Regional
Algarve Cup
Champion: 1995, 2001, 2009, 2018, 2022
Runner-up: 1996
Third place: 1994, 1997, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2010
Nordic Championship
Champion: 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981
Runner-up: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1982
Cyprus Tournament
Champion: 1990, 1992
North America Cup
Champion: 1987
Australia Cup
Champion: 2003
See also
Sport in Sweden
Football in Sweden
Women's football in Sweden
Sweden women's national football team
Sweden women's national football team results
List of Sweden women's international footballers
Sweden women's national under-19 football team
Sweden women's national under-17 football team
Sweden women's national futsal team
Notes
References
External links
Official website
FIFA profile
Sweden international footballers (1973–2017)
Sweden international matches (1973–2017)
European women's national association football teams
UEFA Women's Championship-winning countries